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Aircraft Workers 

Aircraft Worker Checks Electrical Assemblies

January 24, 2017March 5, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments aircraft factory, aircraft worker, assembly plant, aviation plant, civilian worker, electrical assembly, Vega Aircraft

Woman aircraft worker at Vega Aircraft Corporation in Burbank, California is shown checking electrical assemblies. June 1942. Photo size: 3000

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Worker Drills Wing Bulkhead For Transport Plane

January 20, 2017January 25, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments aircraft worker, assembly plant, civilian worker, Consolidated Aircraft, Fort Worth, rosie the riveter, transport plane

Drilling a wing bulkhead for a transport plane at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant in Fort Worth, Texas. October 1942.

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NYA Mechanic Trainee Rivets Aircraft Parts

January 20, 2017March 5, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments aircraft mechanic, assembly plant, civilian worker training, corpus christi, job training, mechanic training, naval air base, NYA trainee

Oyida Peaks riveting aircraft parts as part of her NYA training to become a mechanic in the Assembly and Repair

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Riveter and Supervisor in Assembly and Repair Dept

January 19, 2017March 5, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments assembly plant, aviation worker, civilian workers, naval air base, riveter, rosie the riveter

Bowen and Olsen, a riveter and her supervisor, in the Assembly and Repair Department at the Naval Air Base in

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Woman Mechanic Works on a Wright Whirlwind Motor

January 19, 2017March 5, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments aircraft mechanic, assembly plant, corpus christi, Mary Josephine Farley, mechanic, naval air base, Wright Whirlwind, WWII WASPs

Assembly and Repairs Department mechanic Mary Josephine Farley works on a Wright Whirlwind motor at the Naval Air Base in

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Woman at Work in Assembly and Repair Department

January 19, 2017January 25, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments assembly plant, aviation worker, civil service, civilian workers, corpus christi, naval air base, rosie the riveter, womanpower

Answering the nation’s need for womanpower, Mrs. Virginia Davis made arrangements for the care of her two children during the

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Aviation Worker Assembles B-25 Bomber Switch Boxes

January 19, 2017January 25, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments assembly plant, aviation worker, b-25 bomber, civilian worker, North American Aviation

World War II aviation worker assembles switch boxes on the firewalls of B-25 bombers at North American Aviation, Inc.’s Inglewood,

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Aviation Workers Assemble P-51 Wing Section

January 19, 2017January 25, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments assembly plant, aviation plant, aviation workers, civilian workers, fighter plane, P-51

Two women employees of North American Aviation, Incorporated, assembling a section of a wing for a P-51 fighter plane. October

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Woman Trains to Become Mechanic in Corpus Christi

January 19, 2017January 25, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments apprenticeship program, assembly plant, civil service, civilian workers, corpus christi, naval air base, NYA trainee

A rivet is her fighting weapon. Oyida Peaks, daughter of a Navy lieutenant, is one of many women taking NYA

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Pearl Harbor Widow Supervises Assembly & Repair Dept

January 19, 2017March 5, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments assembly plant, civilian workers, corpus christi, pearl harbor widows

Pearl Harbor widows have gone into war work to carry on the fight with a personal vengeance. Mrs. Virginia Young

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